Leg-mount.



.l. A. JOHNSON.

LEG MOUNT.

APPLICATION HLED FEB. 5. 1918.

1,278,476. w Patented Sept. 10, 191s.

anon 1 601 STES JOHN ADOLPH JOHNSON, 0F MERIIDEN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO THE BASSICK CO., OF BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION OF CONNECTICUT.

LEG-MOUN T.

Application filed February 5, 1918.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN ADoLrH JOHN- SON, a citizen of the United States, residing at the city of Meriden, county of New Haven, and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Leg-Mounts; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relatesto certain new and useful improvements in a leg mount for furniture legs formed of angle iron, and, it seeks to provide a simple and neat device of sheet metal having vertical guide ways for firmly embracing the edges of the angle iron and thereby efliciently acts in securing the device to the leg.

Further, the invention resides in the provision of a back frame or plate on the leg mount from which are formed spring tongues adapted to frictionally engage the inner side faces of the angle iron leg to further aid in attaching the device.

In the drawing Figure 1 is a rear elevation of a glider leg mount embodying the present invention, being secured to an angle iron leg;

Fig. 2- is a horizontal section through the leg on line 2-2 of Fig. 1 showing the leg mount in top plan;

Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the device attached to a leg;

Fig. 4 is a vertical section on line 4=4 of Fig. 1 showing more clearly the manner of forming the tongues from the back plate and bending the same into contact with the leg; and

Fig. 5 is a rear elevation of a slightly modified form of the invention having a caster attachment.

Preferably, the invention is embodied in a leg mount constructed from sheet metal that is cut and stamped to form a triangular base plate 1 having a pair of flanges 2 turned up along the two front edges and a back plate 3 upstanding from the rear edge. A top plate 4 of triangular form extends from the upper edge of the back plate inwardly between the angular faces of the angle iron leg 5. The vertical edges of the back plate are bent around the vertical edges of the leg, forming vertical guide ways 6 the specification of Letters Patent. Patented Sept, 10, 1918,

Serial No. 215,455.

outer or free walls of which are resilient and provide a frictional grip to engage the leg. In this connection, it will be noted that the guide ways do not snugly embrace the contour of the leg but are larger in ourvature to thereby increase the resiliency and also to adapt the guideways for legs which are not identical as tosize although they are intended to be alike. It will further be noted that the front edges of the guide ways abut the rear ends of the vertical flanges 2 to thereby present a neat and uninterrupted external finish.

An additional means forsecuring the leg mount to the leg resides ina pair of tongues 7 that are struck from the back plate and bent, in a deflected manner against the inner faces of the angle iron leg. These tongues are elongated in design, being left lntegral at their upper edges with the back plate, although they may be free at their upper ends and integral at their lower ends, or the tongues may be horizontally disposed, as lndicated at 8 in Fig. 5, in which instance it is preferred to oppose the tongues in staggered relation, one tongue extending in from each side of the plate opening. The formation of the tongues 7 leaves an intermediate stay or reinforcement 9 which greatly strengthens the open frame structure of the back plate.

A glider dome 10 may be stamped from the base plate for use as a glider, or the dome and the top plate may be formed with registering openings 12 in which the pintle'13 of caster 14 is secured. This caster'may be substituted by one having a very short pintle which will extend just through the dome opening and riveted or otherwise anchored. The spring tongues or fingers are bent to lie back of the pintle in frictional contact with the leg.

In removing or applying the device to a leg the guide ways are alined with the back edges of the leg and slid longitudinally thereon, the'resiliency of the guide ways affording ample frictional contact to firmly secure the same to the leg. The top plate reinforces the open back frame or plate to prevent the same from easily becoming misshaped. Consequently, this sheet metal structure, while embodying lightness and simplicity, also possesses great durability and yieldability.

Claims: 7 r i 1. A leg mount for angle iron furniture legs, comprising a sheet metal body bent to form a base plate and an upstanding back plate from which are struck a plurality of resilient fingers for friotionally engaging the inner walls of the angle iron leg, the vertical side edges of the back plate being bent about the vertical edges of the angle iron.

2. A leg mount comprising a triangular base plate, upstanding flanges on the two front edges of the base plate for engaging over the lower outer faces of an angle iron leg, a back plate extending upwardly from the back edge of the base plate and having its vertical edges formed for embracing the vertical edges of the leg.

3. A leg mount comprising a triangular base plate, upstanding flanges on the two front edges of the base plate for engaging over the lower outer vfaces of an angle iron leg, a back plate extending upwardly from the back edge of the base plate and having its vertical edges bent to form vertical and resilient guide Ways for receiving'the vertical edges of the leg, the adjacent ends of the flanges abutting the guide ways.

4. A leg mount formed of sheet metal bent to form a base plate and an upstanding back plate, the latter having its vertical edge portions bent to form vertical guide ways for engaging over the vertical edges of an angle iron leg, and resilient tongues struck out from the back plate for engaging the leg, the back plate having its upper end inturned to provide a horizontal top plate, said top and base plates being apertured for the reception of a caster pintle.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN ADOLPI-I JOHNSON. Witnesses DENNIS A. GILLooLY,

MAY F. RAs TED.

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